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The focusability of intense coherent radiation generated by high-order harmonic conversion is investigated. A variety of focusing mirrors are tested and used in the focusing experiments. We demonstrate the focusing of an extremeultraviolet/soft X-ray beam to a 1 µm spot size with a peak intensity as high as 1 × 1014 W/cm2, which is sufficient to stimulate nonlinear optical phenomena in the short wavelength region.
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Suda, A., Mashiko, H., Midorikawa, K. (2007). Focusing Intense High-Order Harmonics to a Micron Spot Size. In: Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science II. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 85. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-38156-3_9
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